The Data-Driven Recruiter

4 Steps to Building a Data-Driven Recruiting Team in 2017­

Although business functions across the board are becoming more data-driven, recruiting has been (relatively) slow to follow suit. But in 2016 we saw tons of companies taking a more analytical approach to talent acquisition. This trend will hopefully accelerate in 2017. The simplest thing to do in the recruiting function is to make gut decisions, […]

Mike Roberts
January 25, 2017

What Will It Take to Trump the Competitive Job Market in 2017?

For employers seeking talent and job seekers trying to find a new gig, the labor market is never far from top of mind. This is especially true around the typical four- or eight-year cycles of U.S. presidential administration transition. We await, either with nerves or confidence (more likely nerves), what’s likely to happen with the […]

If you have a bad experience at a restaurant, most likely someone is going to hear about it. Twenty years ago, news of your bad experience may have traveled as far as a phone call to your friend and a discussion with a coworker in the company kitchen. Today, though, you could get the word […]

Mike Roberts
January 4, 2017

Four For Friday: Preparing Your Recruiting and HR Teams For Analytics

A successful HR and recruiting analytics strategy requires careful planning and preparation. One of the most common reasons why analytics efforts in HR fail to meet expectations is that teams fall into the trap of using analytics just because it is the hot trend. This almost always results in a failed strategy. But with careful […]

Michael Altiero
December 9, 2016

Study: The Top 3 Metrics Recruiting Leaders Use to Measure Success

The best leaders—and this most definitely includes recruiting and talent acquisition leaders—use data to guide their decision-making. There’s no excuse for not using data well in 2016, when we’ve got so many great tools to harness the numbers and put them to work. If you compete globally, you need to know about your industry’s benchmarks […]

Elizabeth Silas-Havas
December 5, 2016

Four For Friday: Rethinking HR Analytics for 2017

As we approach the end of 2016 and start thinking ahead to 2017, it’s impressive how much difference a year makes when it comes to HR analytics. When we started the Data Driven Recruiter blog in early 2015, analytics in recruiting and HR was at its infancy. But with 2017 just around the corner, the growth […]